Aliza R. Karetnick
Partner
Duane Morris LLP
30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
USA
Phone: +1 215 979 1231
Fax: +1 215 405 3724
Email:
akaretnick@duanemorris.com
Aliza R. Karetnick is a trial attorney with a diverse national practice focused on complex commercial and intellectual property litigation on behalf of an array of businesses in state and federal courts. Ms. Karetnick also has extensive experience defending employment and other class actions against private and governmental plaintiffs. She routinely represents companies involved in governmental investigations and acts as trial counsel in matters concerning trademark and trade secret claims.
Ms. Karetnick is a 1998 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she was an articles editor of the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law and a Penn Public Interest Scholar. She is a magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Bates College.
Areas of Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Pattern and Practice Class Action Defense
Representative Matters
- Obtained a complete victory prior to trial for AcademyOne, Inc., a Pennsylvania-based internet company, in action brought by a competitor alleging violations of RICO, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and the Lanham Act. CollegeSource, Inc. v. AcademyOne, Inc., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43684 (E.D. Pa. Apr. 22, 2011) (dismissing RICO claims); 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 153197 (E.D. Pa. Oct. 25, 2012) (granting summary judgment).
- Defense of a multi-national company that designs, engineers and builds offshore oil drilling structures in trade secrets and copyright litigation.
- Represent company that designs, engineers and builds offshore floating structures for gas and oil exploration in trade secrets litigation involving new spar design.
- Defense of a closely held national weight-loss company in a nine-year-long pattern-and-practice employment class action resting on sophisticated statistical analysis and complex expert testimony.
- Defense of a closely held regional home builder in a pattern-and-practice employment class action requiring expert statistical analysis.
- Defense of a publicly traded subprime mortgage lender in litigation concerning valuation of securitized assets.
- Defense of a publicly traded subprime mortgage servicer in litigation concerning servicing practices and residual assets.
- Defense of an Internet start-up in litigation pursuant to the Lanham Act.
- Defense of a foreign oil-drilling company in intellectual property/trade secrets dispute.
- Defense of a publicly traded global aseptic food packer in trade secrets dispute.
Professional Activities
- American Bar Association
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Philadelphia Bar Association
Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Education
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., 1998
- Articles Editor, University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
- Penn Public Interest Scholar - Bates College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1993
- Phi Beta Kappa
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2009-present - WolfBlock LLP
- Partner, 2007-2009
- Associate, 1998-2007
- Pro Bono Coordinator, 2007-2009
Board Memberships
- Students Run Philly Style
- Director, 2008-present - Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia
- Director, 2001-2011 - ABA Committee on State Constitutional Rights
- Vice Chair, 2001-2003
Civic and Charitable Activities
- Philadelphia Bar Run Benefitting Support Center for Child Advocates
- Committee Member, 2008-present - Project H.O.M.E.
- Committee Member, 2008-2010
Honors and Awards
- Named one of 35 "Employees of the Month" in Esquire, Working magazine, Fall 2012
- Named a "Lawyer on the Fast Track" by The Legal Intelligencer, 2011
- Penn Public Interest Scholar
- 1995-1998 - Shestack Fellow
- 1998-2000 - Selected as a Pennsylvania Rising Star, 2005-2008, 2010
